Academy Member Directory

The Academy consists of luminaries from advertising, media, entertainment, and technology. Members are grouped into juries based on their individual areas of expertise. The Marketing & CMO juries are responsible for judging the Shorty Awards for brands & organizations.

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Nickolas James

Sinclair Inc.
VP, Social Media

Nate Jones

United Talent Agency
Executive

Christoph Kastenholz

CEO & Co-Founder
Pulse Advertising

Sophie Katsali

Canva
Global Social Media Manager

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Jake Katz

Waiting In The Sky
Founder

Steve Kerry

Monks
Executive Creative Director

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Normurod Khasanov

ADMIRE
CEO and Founder, ACIM Marketer, Senior Graphic Designer

Sarah Kincaid

Kinesso
Senior Director, Performance Marketing

Matt Klein

Reddit
Head of Global Foresight

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Howie Kleinberg

Glow
President

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Halley Knigge

REI Co-op
Divisional Vice President, Communications, Community & Inclusion

Thomas Kolster

Goodvertising
Founder, Speaker, and Author

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Mitesh Kothari

White Rivers Media
Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer

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Jones Krahl

Deloitte Digital
US Head of Creative

Praveen Kumar Krishnamurthy

Adobe Inc.
Product Marketing Manager

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Stephanie Lager

Mango Creative Co.
Co-founder, Head of Creative & Strategy

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Hung Lang

Digitas
Senior Connections Strategist

Cassidy Lashaway

The Refinery
Associate Creative Director

Diego Lauton

Ogilvy Amsterdam
ECD

Kai Deveraux Lawson

Valerie
Co-Founder, CEO

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Kirill Lazariev

Lazarev.agency
CEO and Founder

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Tim Leake

Let's Lightbulb
Founder/CEO

Julie Lee

TDW+Co
CEO

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Stephen Leps

IBM
Brand and Content Strategy Director

THE 14TH ANNUAL SHORTY AWARDS

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